The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human NatureKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 21 dic 2011 - 528 páginas At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, a book that offers the most convincing—and radical—explanation for how and why the human mind evolved. Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that make us human. Scientists have traditionally explained these qualities as merely a side effect of surplus brain size, but Miller argues that they were sexual attractors, not side effects. He bases his argument on Darwin’ s theory of sexual selection, which until now has played second fiddle to Darwin’ s theory of natural selection, and draws on ideas and research from a wide range of fields, including psychology, economics, history, and pop culture. Witty, powerfully argued, and continually thought-provoking, The Mating Mind is a landmark in our understanding of our own species. |
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... courtship . Could some of our puzzling human abilities have evolved for the same function ? A Mind for Courtship This book proposes that our minds evolved not just as survival machines , but as courtship machines . Every one of our ...
... courtship . Could some of our puzzling human abilities have evolved for the same function ? A Mind for Courtship This book proposes that our minds evolved not just as survival machines , but as courtship machines . Every one of our ...
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... courtship is the premier example of social behavior . Theories of human evolution through social selection without explicit attention to sexual selection are like dramas without romance . Prehistoric social competition was not like a ...
... courtship is the premier example of social behavior . Theories of human evolution through social selection without explicit attention to sexual selection are like dramas without romance . Prehistoric social competition was not like a ...
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... courtship ornaments , their uniqueness comes as no surprise . Nor should we be surprised at the lack of survival benefits while brain size was tripling . The brain's benefits were mainly reproductive . We get confused about the human ...
... courtship ornaments , their uniqueness comes as no surprise . Nor should we be surprised at the lack of survival benefits while brain size was tripling . The brain's benefits were mainly reproductive . We get confused about the human ...
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... courtship looks uneventful : a male and a female just sit together , their eyes meet , and they breathe at each other in odd staccato rhythms for several hours , until they start kissing or one gives up and goes away . But if one could ...
... courtship looks uneventful : a male and a female just sit together , their eyes meet , and they breathe at each other in odd staccato rhythms for several hours , until they start kissing or one gives up and goes away . But if one could ...
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... courtship , by which the wonderful beauty of his plumage is fully displayed , are purposeless ; and this is a conclusion which I for one will never admit . Darwin remained true to his conviction . Despite heavy opposition to the idea of ...
... courtship , by which the wonderful beauty of his plumage is fully displayed , are purposeless ; and this is a conclusion which I for one will never admit . Darwin remained true to his conviction . Despite heavy opposition to the idea of ...
Índice
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33 | |
The Runaway Brain | 68 |
A Mind Fit for Mating | 99 |
Ornamental Genius | 138 |
Courtship in the Pleistocene | 177 |
Bodies of Evidence | 224 |
Arts of Seduction | 258 |
Virtues of Good Breeding | 292 |
Cyrano and Scheherazade | 341 |
The Wit to Woo | 392 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller Vista previa restringida - 2001 |
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey F. Miller Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature Geoffrey Miller Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
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